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...... .442.*. for DECEMBER, 1937 ,1 042.I•,-U Aft 9£... = -/.-.-- --Il./...'Z042 '.:/, ...f 64#(Photo by courtest/.0/H.:0. Bailey Studios.) 1=ye/5•- - i Boston 6 Albany Tanker An Ideal Prototype for the Model Rail Who Carries His Loco With Him. FoR model railroad service this tank locomotive is ideal, as it can be run in either directipn without turning. It is squat and powerful looking and the lack of a tender makes it a fine model for the man who carries his locos around with him. The prototype is Boston & Albany class D-la, numbers· 400 to 404. These five locomotives were built in September, 1928, by Schenectady Locomotive Works (American Locomotive Co.) and are used for suburban service in the Boston area. The tractive effort is 41600 lbs., or about as much as a good sized Pacific. The coal capacity is only 6 tons and water 5000 gallons. Diameter of driving wheels is 63" and of leading and trailing truck wheels 33". Note that classification markers (two adjacent sides white and other two sides green glass) are fitted to the rear as well as the front. Of course, there are also two headlights. The characteristics of this type are predominantly New York Central so that it will fit in 1• 14 nicely with a locomotive program including the Hudson, the Mohawk, and other popular NYC types of power. Plans for the Hudson to 44" scale and well detailed were printed in our February, 1937, issue. With average model railroad curves the driv- ing wheel base can be used to guide the locomotive and all drivers fitted with flanges. The leading and trailing trucks can then be mounted so as to swing sideways in the usual manner. However, for service on short curves, the leading truck can have sideswing and the trailing truck, because of the greater overhang, can be pivoted to the fixed point. Tires can be omitted from the rear driver, the middle driver can have a little play, and the front driver will furnish the other guiding point. ill Anent Painting BY JACK BRAMBLE. Unlike some of the brothers, in my opinion at least, I consider that I have something to cover with paint and until it passes through that stage it is just an unfinished piece of equipment. Perhaps some of my experiences and methods may be of some help to someone else. Quick drying paints are fine if used with a spray gun but on a brush for 0 gauge I found they were poison. I simply could not paint fast enough to avoid lap streaks and flow the surface smooth. Enamels I found unusable for the reason that there was too little pigment, necessitating either a very heavy coat or numerous light ones that rounded all corners and so killed the sharpness of detaiL The scheme used at present is to use flat paint (five and ten variety) for color coats. A more realistic appearance is given to freight equipment by using varied shades of the brown-reds on cars of different roads. The paint as it comes from the can is too heavy: Cutting this with approximately one-third volume of turpentine makes it flow nicely. The new flat varnish gives a semi-luster to passenger equipment that beats the high shine of the usual varnish. Use blackboard paint for car roofs, no varnish coat, and it gives the weathered, sooty effect of service. :31.••'. 94 . -.. ..:'.-: - .... .f . - *..st /.. 042, .5:1 4::4.......SB"'·b:.14'..:L· 8 Wi..·· ···.I-e · ... .Z..: -. ... 457 .i ·' ..1 : .Ai' -taiti , 4 -6